My 6-Year-Old Daughter Came Home From Aunt’s House After A Cousin Spa Day And Lifted Her Hat…

Lily loved those compliments.

Not because she was vain. Because children love noticing that the world notices them kindly.

She would look up at me, bashful and glowing, and say, “Mommy brushes it.”

At Easter that year, the whole family gathered at my mother-in-law Diane’s house. Ham in the oven. Deviled eggs sweating under plastic wrap.continue reading …